Various Artists - Teen Expo: The Cleopatra Label (Various Artists) (CD)

From a basement in New Jersey, Tommy Falcone remade himself into a DIY Phil Spector. From 1962 to 1970, he founded and ran Cleopatra Records, discovered and mentored young Garden State talent, wrote songs and produced wild studio effects, and quit his day job to promote it all himself. Trained as an accordionist, Falcone had a whirlwind imagination and an omnivorous approach to genre, expressed through acts like the Centuries, the Tabbys, Johnny Silvio, the Inmates, Bernadette Carroll, the Hallmarks, Vickie & the Van Dykes, the Shandillons, Eugene Viscione, the Shoestring, and more. Cleopatra became a time-capsule of every 1960s pop style imaginable-garage rock, psychedelia, surf, girl groups, soul, novelties, exotica, even a crooner-a kaleidoscope of sound in search of the ever-elusive hit record.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Heavenly - By Bernadette Carroll
2. Hong Kong Baby - By the Tabbys
3. Gee But I'm Lonesome - By Dick Thunder
4. Outcast - By Vickie ; the Van Dykes
5. Paper Sky - By the Hallmarks
6. Beach Umbrella World - By the Centuries
7. So Very Hard - By the Inmates
8. Mister Wind - By Jimmy Davis
9. Julie Anne - By Johnny Silvio
10. Distant Rain - By the Hallmarks
11. When We're Older - By Bernadette Carroll
12. Outer Limits - By the Centuries
13. Baby We Can Make It Together - By the Hallmarks
14. Anniversary Hop - By the Centuries
15. Kiss Me Bye Bye - By the Ovations
16. Crystal Ball - By the Inmates
17. True Love - By Vickie ; the Van Dykes
18. For Your Love - By the Reminiscents
19. Miss Judith Finch - By the Hallmarks
20. Care a Little - By Bernadette Carroll
21. Shoop de Hoop Twine - By the Shandillons
22. 0You Tell Lies - By the Inmates
23. Soul Shakin' Psychedelic Sally - By the Hallmarks
24. Candy Andy - By the Shoestring
25. Conceited - By Tommy Manno
26. Parting Kiss - By Eugene Viscione